Friday, May 19, 2017

8.45 - 9.00

Arrival, Registration and Welcome Coffee
9.00 - 9.30

INNOVATION FOR GROWTH, A YEAR LATER

Chair: Luca De Biase – Innovation Editor, Il Sole 24 Ore

Valerio De Molli – Managing Partner, The European House – Ambrosetti
9.30 - 10.20

THE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF INDIA

Arvind Gupta – National Technology Head for BJP (India’s ruling party and the world’s largest political party); Head, Digital India Foundation

Discussion
10.20 - 11.50

OPEN INNOVATION AND IMPACT ON BUSINESS

Chair: Luca De Biase – Innovation Editor, Il Sole 24 Ore

Issi Rozen – Chief Business Officer at Broad Institute of Harvard & MIT (USA)

David Gram – Innovation expert; former Senior Innovation Director, LEGO Group (Denmark)

Helen Goulden – Executive Director, Innovation Lab, NESTA (UK)

Tanya Martina Jaeger de Foras – ‎Vice President & General Counsel, Whirlpool EMEA; President of Whirlpool R&D

Discussion
11.50 - 12.10

Break
12.10 - 13.30

OPEN INNOVATION: REGIONAL EXPERIENCES

Chair: Luca De Biase – Innovation Editor, Il Sole 24 Ore

Roundtable Discussion:

Martin Kenney – Distinguished Professor in Community and Regional Development at the University of California

Francesca Bria – ‎Chief Technology and Digital Innovation Officer, ‎Barcelona City Hall

Valeria Fascione – Campania Regional Minister for Innovation, Startup and Internationalization

Challenger: Alberto Di Minin – Associate Professor of Management, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna

Discussion
13.30 - 14.30

Luncheon
14.30 - 16.10

RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION AS KEY FACTORS FOR EUROPEAN COMPETITIVENESS AND THE FUTURE OF JOBS

Chair: Maria Chiara Carrozza – Chair of the Panel for the Interim evaluation of the FET Flagship Programme – European Commission

Michael Fertik – CEO, Reputation

Stijn Broecke – Senior Economist, Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Directorate of the OECD

Stefano Sacchi – President, INAPP

Discussant:

Benjamin Jolivet – Country Manager Italy, Israel and Southeastern Europe, Citrix

Franco Deregibus – Senior Innovation Strategist, Comau; Head of Digital Innovation Hub Piemonte

Discussion

A post by:

Francesco Cancellato – Editor in Chief, Linkiesta
16.10 - 16.30

Break
16.30 - 18.30

INDUSTRY 4.0: MASTERING THE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Chair: Gianaurelio Cuniberti – Chair of Materials Science and Nanotechnology at the Dresden University of Technology and the Max Bergmann Center of Biomaterials Dresden

Stefano Firpo – General Director for Industrial policy, competitiveness and small and medium enterprises, Ministry of Economic Development

Pierdomenico Perata – Dean of the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna

Discussant:

Mario Corsi – Managing Director Italy, ABB

Francesco Sala – Senior Vice President Manufacturing, Pirelli Tyre

Lorenzo Zaniboni – Operations Director, Agrati Group

Discussion

Closing remarks

Valerio De Molli – Managing Partner, The European House – Ambrosetti